Soooooo, I'm back with a new chapter.
Did you see me new version of the last chapter? In case you didn't, read it first. I added a new part. I was stupid enough to forget it in my first upload... *blondie, i'm sorry*
Anyway, hope you like this new chapter.
Ooh, and Shonda's still the owner of all this. Except for Kaylee. I own her. (:

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"What?"

"I'm dying." Charlotte recalls. "I have cancer. If I don't win this fight, Kaylee remains alone. I don't want that. If I'm gone, Kaylee needs her dad. "

"Shiiiiiiiit." Is all that Amelia says.

"I'm afraid." Charlotte suddenly says. "I am so terribly afraid of dying. I don't want to die, I have Kaylee, she needs me. She's only four, I can't just leave her." Tears are rolling down her cheeks. Suddenly she feels a hand on her cheek.

"Don't cry mommy. I love you." Kaylee crawls onto her lap and wraps her arms around Charlotte's neck.

"I love you too, pumpkin."

For a moment they stay that way. Then Charlotte put Kaylee on the couch beside her and stands up. "Honey, mommy is going to talk to someone for a moment, you stay here with Aunt Amelia, okay?"

Kaylee looks anxiously from her mother to Amelia.

"We'll get you an ice cream, you find that a good idea?" Amelia flops down on the couch next to Kaylee and starts chirping merrily with the girl.

Relieved Charlotte leaves the office.

The door of Cooper's office is now open, his patient is gone. He sits at his desk filling in some papers. he swallows, he hasn't changed a bit, maybe some more wrinkles. Nervously, she turns her wedding ring, which she never took off. Cooper hasn't noticed her yet. She steps into the office and clears her throat. He looks up, his eyes widen. "Charlotte."

"Hey Coop." Then it's quiet.

"Can we talk?" She says softly.

"There's nothing to talk about. Everything has been said. You aborted our child without even discussing it. Without even telling me that you were pregnant. "Cooper bends over his papers.

"Coop. Please. It's important. "She looks at him pleadingly.

"What do you want to tell me? That you're sorry? It's now too late for that. "

"No, I don't regret because ..."

Cooper interrupts her. "I do regret something. I regret that I have ever met you." Hostile he looks at her.

"That's not true. You loved me. We're married."

"I think it IS. Hell, I think about how it could have been every day. What our child would be like. What her name would have been. "He is about to explode.

"Kaylee." She says softly. "Our daughter is named Kaylee. She is four, is just like me, in appearance and inner self. Apart from her mouth. She got it from you."

Now he really explodes. "You're lying. You're freakin lying. Our child is dead. You killed her five years ago. "

"Coop, why would I come back after five years and make this up?" Tears are burning in her eyes because he doesn't believe her.

"She's in the kitchen with Amelia, having an ice cream. Please, go see her."

He looks at her with narrowed eyes.

"Why did you keep her away from me for all those years?" "Why didn't you come back earlier?" "Why did you decide to come back now?"

She sighs. "I'll explain everything later. Just go see her. But do NOT tell her you're her father. I wanna tell her myself."

"Sure, whatever you want." Cooper clearly still doesn't believe her.

When he walks into the hallway, he gets the shock of his life. In the kitchen, with Amelia, eating an ice cream, is sitting a mini-Charlotte. He turns to face Charlotte.

"It's true. I have a daughter." He's looking a little flabbergasted.

"Of course it's true. Why would I make it up?"

Suddenly the little girl comes running towards them. "Daaaaaaaaaaaaaddy!" she screams as she jumps into Coopers arms and throws her arms around his neck.

Then she's all serious. "You are my daddy, right?"

Cooper and Charlotte looked shocked at each other. Well, they definitely didn't see that coming.

Kaylee pulls Cooper's ear to make him listen again. "I asked you something. Are you my daddy?"

"Kaylee, don't talk like that to Cooper!" Charlotte looks a little angry at her daughter.

"I'm sorry mommy. But is he my daddy?"

Cooper looks questioningly at her. She nods.

"Yes pumpkin, Cooper's your daddy. How did you know that?"

She shrugs. "Don't know, just knew."

"Now I wanna finish my ice cream. Can you put me down please?" she asks.

As they get back into Coopers office, Charlotte sits down on the couch, inhaling deeply. She's feeling nauseous and has a headache again.

"You're okay? You look a little pale." Cooper looks at her worried.

She nods. "I'm fine, just a little tired."

He flops down next to her, and looks at her expectantly. "So. You gonna tell me why you came back."

She avoids his eyes and takes a deep breath. She doesn't wanna tell him. She doesn't want to tell him she's dying. He just found out he has a daughter. He's happy and she's gonna ruin it. Tears burn in her eyes as she looks at him.

"I have cancer." There, she said it.

She watches Cooper as he slowly proceeds what she said.

"you have cancer."

She nods. "A brain tumor. It's inoperable. I'm dying." She doesn't show any emotions. She has cried enough the last weeks.

He shakes his head. "There are other treatments. Chemo, radiation."

"I know. I'm having chemo. I already had my first treatment. I can finish my cure here in LA." She looks down at her hands.

"But you don't think it's gonna help." He still knows exactly what she's thinking.

"No. Chemo is to shrink the tumor. It won't go away. When it'll start growing again, it's over."

"So you came back because you have cancer? I still don't get."

Charlotte looks at him unbelieving. He can't mean this. Is he THAT stupid?

"If I hadn't told you, and I'd die, Kaylee would be all alone." She slowly explains.

Finally he understands. She doesn't want her daughter to end up alone.

"I'm sorry Coop. For keeping her away from you. It's just…" She promised herself not to cry in front of him, but here she is, with tears streaming down her cheeks.

"I know." He wraps his arm around her and pulls her towards him. "I know."

They sit like that for what feels like hours.

Suddenly Cooper thinks of something.

"Does Kaylee know?" he asks.

"That I'm sick? No. She's only four, how am I gonna explain to her that I'm dying. She doesn't even know what death is." she lies her head on his shoulder and sighs.

"You have to tell her eventually." He leans his head against hers.

"I know. I'll do it. But I want you to be there." She looks pleadingly at him.

"Of course I'll be there. I'm her father. I'm your husband."

She softly kisses his cheek. "Thank you Coop."


HA. 1127 words. New record.
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